VS CSIRO Postdoctoral Fellowship in Soil Biogeochemistry and Ecology

• Do you have a PhD in soil biogeochemistry, microbial ecology, or ecological sciences?
• Want to be a part of the Valuing Sustainability Future Science Platform?
• Join CSIRO – Australia’s leading scientific research organisation!

The Valuing Sustainability Future Science Platform (VS FSP) is a substantial new 5-year investment in cutting edge research by CSIRO that will recruit several post-docs who will be embedded in diverse inter-disciplinary research teams. The VS FSP aims to co-produce future pathways, measures, and indicators to underpin sustainable innovation and prosperity for current and future industries and communities.

This position sits within the ‘Functional Ecosystems for Nature + Prosperity project’. It offers an exciting opportunity to develop new leading indicators of ecosystem health and integrity and embed these indicators into decision processes to accelerate practice change for nature-positive outcomes across agri-food and nature-based ecosystems.

The successful candidate will drive the soil biogeochemistry component of the project to develop novel and trusted tools that act as early indicators of change to soil processes that are central to sustainable soil management. These tools will integrate knowledge of microbially driven biogeochemical cycles, and their impact on regulating the flow and fate of carbon and nutrients within agricultural and natural ecosystems.